November 4, 2012
France’s Hollande in Beirut to Discuss Syria
The French president is in Lebanon for a short visit to show support for the country amid ongoing violence in neighboring Syria. That violence has spilled across the border into Lebanon, and has been growing worse in recent months. Francois…
November 4, 2012
Beijing Hit by Early Snows
Beijing has issued its second-highest blizzard alert, after the Chinese capital was hit by an unusually early snowstorm. China's National Meteorological Center issued an orange alert Sunday, predicting that heavy snow will also hit central and…
November 2, 2012
US Presidential Race Back at Full Speed After Superstorm
U.S. President Barack Obama is back to campaigning for reelection after spending most of the week heading Washington's response to Superstorm Sandy. The incumbent Democrat was in Wisconsin, Nevada and Colorado Thursday — three so-called…
November 2, 2012
Ukraine’s Tymoshenko Refuses to End Hunger Strike
Ukraine's jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko is refusing to end a hunger strike she began this week to protest alleged widespread vote irregularities in Sunday's parliamentary polls, which have been described by U. S. Secretary of State…
November 2, 2012
Syrian Opposition Says Rebels Kill 28 Soldiers
The Syrian opposition says rebel forces have killed 28 government soldiers during attacks on three army checkpoints as the violence in Syria escalates. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed that the attacks occurred…
October 30, 2012
Storm Sandy causes severe flooding in eastern US
"Super-storm" Sandy has swept into the US East Coast with hurricane-force winds, bringing flooding, cutting power and claiming at least 13 lives. Sandy caused a record surge of seawater in New York City, flooding subway and road tunnels and plunging…
October 30, 2012
Huge Storm Slows US Presidential Campaign
With one week until election day, U.S. President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, are balancing how to make their final pitches to voters while tens of millions of people along the country's east coast deal with a massive…
October 30, 2012
Afghanistan Sets Date for Presidential Election
Afghan election officials say the country has set a date for its next presidential election. The country's Independent Election Commission said in a statement Tuesday that the election will be held April 5, 2014. The date was given, according to the…
October 30, 2012
South African Police Fire Rubber Bullets to Disperse Striking Miners
Police in South Africa have fired tear gas and rubber bullets to break up a group of striking miners who are refusing to return to work until their pay demands are met. The miners are among 12,000 workers that Anglo American Platinum fired earlier…
October 30, 2012
Burma Unrest Could Radicalize Rohingya Muslims
The head of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is warning that ongoing sectarian violence in western Burma could radicalize minority Rohingya Muslims and threaten the stability of the whole region. ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan is…